Supermicro X9DR3-F
LSI SAS 2008 Card flashed to IT mode

Backplane - BPN-SAS2-846EL1

Unraid 6.8.3

 

Issue: I bought the HGST(HUH721008AL4200) 8TB SAS Drive new and am having issues trying to get my server to recognize it. I do have another SAS drive running wihtout issue in my system.

 

I can see the SAS drive in my Unassigned Devices, but can't mount it. Commands to start SMART testing don't work. I have tried it in different slots in the backplane with the same behavior in all of them.

 

Here is what I see in the logs:

Jun 21 18:41:07 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] Spinning up disk...
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] Read Capacity(16) failed: Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] Sense Key : 0x2 [current] [descriptor]
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x2
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] Read Capacity(10) failed: Result: hostb    yte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] Sense Key : 0x2 [current] [descriptor]
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x2
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] 0 512-byte logical blocks: (0 B/0 B)
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] 0-byte physical blocks
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] Write Protect is off
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] Mode Sense: f7 00 10 08
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA
Jun 21 18:42:44 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] Spinning up disk...
Jun 21 18:44:24 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] Read Capacity(16) failed: Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
Jun 21 18:44:24 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] Sense Key : 0x2 [current] [descriptor]
Jun 21 18:44:24 COVIDEO kernel: sd 1:0:8:0: [sdj] ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x2

 

Is this a bum drive or am I missing something completely obvious?

 

Edited June 25, 20206 yr by gregtamaki
removed diag file

Seems to be a hardware issue, make sure it's not related to the 3.3v pin problem, google "WD 3.3v pin"

Thank you for your reply!

I don't believe that is the issue. I taped off the 3rd pin (followed instructions here: https://zackreed.me/hgst-7k6000-not-spinning-not-working/

) and am getting the same results. Tried it twice for good measure since the pin is very narrow.

 

This person had the exact same issue and ended up returning the drive...the replacement worked, so I suppose I will do that.

 

If it's not that it's likely a problem with the disk.

Returned it as defective - thanks!